more readable max_state() code

git-svn-id: https://nagiosplug.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/nagiosplug/nagiosplug/trunk@207 f882894a-f735-0410-b71e-b25c423dba1c

plugins/utils.c

@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ char *strpcat (char *dest, const char *src, const char *str);
 #define max(a,b) ((a)>(b))?(a):(b)
 
 /* **************************************************************************
- * max_state(result, STATE_x)
- * compares STATE_x to result and returns result if STATE_x is less than a based on the following
+ * max_state(STATE_x, STATE_y)
+ * compares STATE_x to  STATE_y and returns result based on the following
  * STATE_UNKNOWN < STATE_OK < STATE_WARNING < STATE_CRITICAL
  *
  * Note that numerically the above does not hold
@@ -70,31 +70,18 @@ char *strpcat (char *dest, const char *src, const char *str);
 int
 max_state(int a, int b)
 {
-	if(a == STATE_CRITICAL){
-		return a;
-	}
-	else if (a == STATE_WARNING) {
-
-		if (b == STATE_CRITICAL){
-			return b;
-		}else {
-			return a;
-		}
-	} 
-	else if (a == STATE_OK) {
-		
-		if ( b== STATE_CRITICAL || b == STATE_WARNING) {
-			return b;
-		}else{
-			return a;
-		}
-	}
-	else {
-		/* a == UNKNOWN */
-		return b;
-	}
-		
-
+	if (a == STATE_CRITICAL || b == STATE_CRITICAL)
+		return STATE_CRITICAL;
+	else if (a == STATE_WARNING || b == STATE_WARNING)
+		return STATE_WARNING;
+	else if (a == STATE_OK || b == STATE_OK)
+		return STATE_OK;
+	else if (a == STATE_UNKNOWN || b == STATE_UNKNOWN)
+		return STATE_UNKNOWN;
+	else if (a == STATE_DEPENDENT || b == STATE_DEPENDENT)
+		return STATE_DEPENDENT;
+	else
+		return max (a, b);
 }
 
 char *